Sanitary antislipping attachment for horseshoes.



H. L.-GOTTESBUREN.

SANITARY ANTISLIPPING ATTAGHMENT FOR HOESESHOES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 24, 1911.

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Patented NOV. 14, 1911.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY L. GOTTESBUREN, OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS.

SANITARY ANTISLIPPING ATTACHMENT FOR HORSESI-IOES.

Application filed January 24, 1911.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, HENRY L. Go'rrns- BUREN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of WVyandotte and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Antislipping Attachments for Horseshoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relatesto that class of de vices commonly termed creepers; and the object is to provide an antislipping device for horseshoes that may be easily attached or detached; that will protect the hoof from dirt; and having detachable points which are adapted for quick replacement when worn dull.

In order that the invention may be fully understood, reference will now be made to the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device in position on an ordinary horseshoe. Fig. 2 is a top view of the device showing the shoe in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line III-III of Fig. 2, of the de vice and shoe engaged. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the device and shoe engaged.

1 indicates an ordinary horseshoe, having the toe-tip 2, the toe-calk 3, and the heelcalks 4.

5 indicates the body of the antislipping attachment, which is in the form of a substantially horseshoe-shaped plate, and is slightly larger than the shoe. Formed in the plate or body are three recesses; an opening 6, adapted to receive, loosely the toecalk 3, and two rearward recesses 7, adapted to receive, loosely, the heel-calks 4. The rear corners of the plate or body are provided with inwardly turned lugs 8, which are adapted to overlap the ends of the shoe as shown, to hold the rear of the device in contact with the shoe at the heel. To permit the insertion and removal of the lugs 8 over and from the heel ends of the shoe, the recesses 7 are elongated forwardly from said lugs for the purpose which will be explained.

The toe-calk opening 6 is triangular in shape. The front end of the plate or body 5 is formed with an extension 9 into which the recess 6 extends. The extension 9 is bent upwardly and rearwardly, to provide a support for a set-screw 10, which is adapted to engage either the toe-tip 2 or the hoof itself if said tip is very short. For the sake of Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 14, 1911.

Serial No. 604,314.

lightness, the plate or body 5 is thinned down as shown at 12, Fig. 8, except the parts that directly underlie the shoe.

The antislipping points or spikes 13, are driven into preferably tapered holes in the plate 5, and are easily removable by the use of a punch. In Fig. 2, 13 indicates the upper ends of these points.

In some horseshoes, the toe-calks are not large enough to positively engage the opening 6 of the attachment. This might permit lateral motion of the toe of the attachment. To prevent this, the plate or body may be provided with a pair of upwardly projecting lugs 14, so located as to engage the inner periphery of the shoe to which it is attached, as represented in Fig. 2.

To attach the device, the set-screw 10 is turned back and the plate is applied to the shoe so that the heel-calks 4 will enter the forward parts of the recesses 7 and the extension 9 will slip over the toe of the shoe. The plate is then moved up into flat contact with the shoe, with the straight side of the opening 6 in contact with the toe-calk 3. This movement will cause the hook lugs 8 to pass forwardly over, and engage the heel ends of the shoe, thereby locking the rear of the plate and shoe together. The set-screw 10 is then run up tight against the tip 2 or the hoof, as the case may be, and the attachment is ready for use. The removal thereof will be understood without description.

Other antislipping means may be substituted for the spikes.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

A detachable horseshoe creeper comprising a plate provided with an upwardly curved extension adapted to overlie the toetip of a shoe; a screw passing through said extension and. adapted to engage the toeti p; hook-lugs at the rear corners of the plate adapted to engage the heel ends of the shoe; the plate adjacent said lugs being formed with recesses adapted to receive the heel-calks of the shoe while the attachment is being positioned or removed. V

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY L. GOTTESBUREN.

Witnesses:

F. G. FISCHER, E. C. LILLIAN.

Copies of this patent may beobtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G. 

